Wit
Wit
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Saturday, March 24, 2001 | N/A |
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- Season: 2000-2001
- Network: HBO
- Genre: Drama
- Category: Movies
- Subject Matter: Medical/Disease/Mental Illness, Woman's Issue/Story
- Based On: Wit (Play) written by Margaret Edson
- Misc.: Emmy Winner
Plot Synopsis
Based on Margaret Edson's 1999 Pulitzer Prize winning play. A distinguished professor of 17th-century poetry is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. Her academic cocoon had protected her from needing anyone in her life. But as she becomes a guinea pig for an aggressive new drug regimen that forces her to withstand toxic side effects, a personal awakening is set in motion as she faces her own mortality with dignity and humor.
Crew
- Cary Brokaw - Executive Producer
- Mike Nichols - Executive Producer
- Mike Nichols - Director
- Emma Thompson - Writer
- Mike Nichols - Writer
Production Company:
- Avenue Pictures
Production Type:
- Independent
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